About Laurie
Laurie Richardson is a licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT) in California. She helps people with relationship struggles, grief, parenting challenges, self-esteem, anxiety, stress, addictions, trauma, and life transitions. Laurie emphasizes a caring, down-to-earth approach so people feel heard from the first session.
Laurie returned to graduate school later in life after many years in teaching, art, and design. That background shapes a hands-on style: she often uses creative activities and simple exercises to help people notice patterns and try new ways of coping.
How Laurie works
Sessions can include discussion, guided reflection, and practical tools to use between meetings. Her approach draws on client-centered listening, narrative work that looks at personal stories, mindfulness practices to calm the nervous system, and solution-focused steps to move toward concrete change. Laurie explains ideas plainly and then invites people to test small changes in their daily life.
She aims for therapy that is collaborative and practical rather than overly technical. Laurie describes sessions as warm, interactive, and sometimes playful. People may use art, writing, short meditations, or problem-solving exercises during a visit.
She pays attention to emotions while also helping clients build clear strategies for stress, sleep, parenting, or relationship concerns. With five years of clinical experience as an LMFT, Laurie works with adults across a broad range of issues. Sessions are offered in English and can be scheduled in California or with international clients through online formats.
She focuses on helping people feel lighter, clearer, and more able to move forward.
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What Laurie works with
The areas below are the ones Laurie selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Relationship issues
- Grief
- Parenting issues
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Blended family issues
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LMFT |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 5 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | California |
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Online support options
Approaches that translate well to online work
Client-centered work focuses on listening and responding to what the person brings to a session. It helps people feel understood and clarifies their own goals and strengths. Narrative therapy looks at the stories people tell about their lives and helps reframe those stories to allow new possibilities and hope.Mindfulness therapy uses simple attention and breathing practices to reduce stress and improve sleep or anxiety symptoms. These short exercises can be guided in a session and practiced between meetings to build steady habits.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Laurie will discuss different methods and try things with the client to see what fits best. Decisions about focus and techniques are made collaboratively, based on the person’s needs and goals.
Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video lets people use visual cues and interactive activities, phone calls can be easier when lower bandwidth is needed, live chat works for brief check-ins, and text messaging can support ongoing reflection between sessions. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into a busy life and to continue work while traveling or living outside California.
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